Guild Wars 2

Bah. Forum nerf strikes again. My Superforum Bug Smasher flies in to handle this.

Just a flesh wound.3589:

Mystic.5934:

keys are worth around 2-4g each. that’s not counting things like boosters and bank tellers. so depending how much value you place on the account-bound things you get… you would have to place a LOT of value on those to make them worth it.

True, true.

On top of that consideration, using your numbers as a base, people who sell the weapon skins undervalue those items. If the keys are worth ~3 gold each and you get a ticket after 30 keys then you would need to sell the skin at 90 gold just to break even. While putting a value on the boosters and merchants does reduce this break even point, imo people who get the new skins then immediately sell at the current lowest price are doing themselves a disservice if they are buying keys to sell skins for gold.

that number is actually taking the sale of skins into account. the drop rates for the really expensive things is so low that bl weapons is the largest part of the value.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/2dbbbe/1000_black_lion_keys/
there are more than a few postings where people opened 1000+ chests.
if a bl skin set is highly desirable, that makes keys worth more.

Keys are worth a lot more than 3 gold each. 25 keys cost 2100 gems. That’s 84 gems apiece at it’s cheapest baring sales. That’s about 14 gold each at the moment.

Behellagh.1468:

Keys are worth a lot more than 3 gold each. 25 keys cost 2100 gems. That’s 84 gems apiece at it’s cheapest baring sales. That’s about 14 gold each at the moment.

Price and worth are two different things.

Ashen.2907:

Behellagh.1468:

Keys are worth a lot more than 3 gold each. 25 keys cost 2100 gems. That’s 84 gems apiece at it’s cheapest baring sales. That’s about 14 gold each at the moment.

Price and worth are two different things.

Well worth is a subjective value. One can make an argument that 99% of things at the gem shop aren’t “worth” their price in gems or real currency equivalent. But that doesn’t change their objective price. A 15 cent 1/2 litter bottle of water is subjectively worth a lot more to someone dehydrated than someone who isn’t.

If $40 worth of keys only give you a 15-20% chance to get 3 tickets to get a Dreamthistle skin that you could sell for 320-385 gold while $40 worth of gems could get you around that amount of gold, it doesn’t show keys in all that great of a light.

Which goes back to my point that you have to want or not mind the standard fair from those chests if you buy keys. On average I will say their contents are “worth” the 84 or even 125 gems a key cost if you estimate the value of those items in gems but only if you are willing to use those items as the vast majority are account bound.